> At the end, movies are about the stories, not just pretty graphics. The great people at Pixar and DreamWorks would be a bit offended. Over the past three or

> At the end, movies are about the stories, not just pretty graphics. The great people at Pixar and DreamWorks would be a bit offended. Over the past three or so decades they have pushed every aspect of rendering to its very limits: from water, hair, atmospheric effects, reflections, subsurface scattering, and more. Watching a modern Pixar film is a visual feast. Sure, the stories are also good, but the graphics are mind-bendingly good.